Yesterday we talked about how so many of us have a problem with guilt! Many of us have a problem and we don’t even know it! For most of us, it would seem that guilt is not really a big deal! We have a little every now and then, but we are basically good people and guilt for the most part seems to be something that just comes and goes! The truth is: Many of us have guilt that we never ever really get totally free from! What happens a lot of times is, we feel guilty about something that we have done or have failed to do and in order to deal with the guilt we will try to get the next thing in our lives right! The problem with this is, while we do a good thing, the good thing does not cancel out and get rid of the bad thing’s guilt in our life. A lot of times – our good thing will get rid of the guilt feeling, but the guilt is still somewhere in us and on us and having an effect on our lives. Many of us are walking around with layers of guilt and the problem with all of this guilt is that it gets in the way of our being and doing all that God has called and equipped us to do!

The fact is: When Jesus came and died on the cross for our sins – He died not only so that we could one day go to Heaven. He died so that we could be free from sin and all of it’s effects! The Bible puts it this way in 2 Corinthians 5:17 “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has passed away and all thing have become new!”  Let God really set you free!  Get rid of the guilt feeling and the guilt!  If God forgives you – who do you think you are to not forgive yourself?  Don’t let guilt hold you down or keep you back!  Guilt should point you to Jesus who loves you and wants to forgive and restore you.  Let Him do His thing!  Let Him set you free and then use your freedom for His glory!